QA Engineer

At Acorns, we're building a different kind of investing experience - one that looks after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming. The Acorns team is passionate about pursuing our mission and living our values. It all begins with Heart. Our Heart leads us in everything we do. It allows us to make bold decisions, build trust, grow and advance our society. Come find your place at Acorns and join us in the revolution.

Acorns is seeking a QA Engineer who has a passion for helping create reliable, bug free user experience and a background writing automated integration tests.

As a QA Engineer, your typical week would involve collaborating with product and the other various engineering teams to plan the build out test suites for new features. You will participate in product feature and architecture design reviews to identify concerns and risks early in the product life cycle. You will build and maintain tools and frameworks to support ongoing automated testing efforts on all supported mobile platforms and browser configurations. You will be developing and maintaining test plans, test cases, and automated tests to ensure sufficient test coverage of our mobile, web, and backend applications.

You are not expected to have experience with all technologies listed in this posting. We're looking for experienced QA Engineer that love learning new technologies on the job, think creatively to solve complex problems, and enjoy working collaboratively.

Within 1 month, you will:

Learn the QA process and tools that the QA team uses

Join your assigned feature development team and get up to speed with the current project

Learn about Acorns products, features, and architecture

Assist devs and QA with testing new features

Updated or added your first automated test

Within 6 months, you will:

Understand QA process and tools

Have knowledge of Acorns products, features, and architecture

Take ownership of testing new features

Develop and maintain automated tests for new and existing features

Within 12 months, you will:

Have deeper knowledge of Acorns products, features, and architecture

Recommend and implement improvements to QA process and tools

What you will bring to Acorns:

3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer or BS in Computer Science or related field

Working knowledge of test methodologies, processes, and tools

Experience programming in any of the following: Ruby, Python, Java, Scala, JavaScript

Must be self-directed, detail-oriented, and have excellent written & verbal communication skills

Experience with Unix (Linux preferred)

What we offer:

Competitive salary and stock options

A comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of you and your family

Unlimited paid time off

Corporate gym access

Daily breakfast, weekly team lunches, and an endless supply of snacks

Numerous career possibilities that allow you to grow with Acorns

Talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another, our mission and our customers.

The rare opportunity to create a new world. We inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges.

About Acorns:

Acorns is the leading micro-investing app in the U.S. It allows users to round up their daily purchases and automatically Invest the Change® into a low-cost, diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds offered by some of the world's top asset managers (including Vanguard and BlackRock). Founded in Newport Beach, Calif., by father and son team Walter and Jeff Cruttenden, Acorns provides a simple entry-point using the Acorns app on iPhone or Android. Customers accumulate fractional shares in one of five portfolios constructed by world-renowned Nobel Laureate economist Dr. Harry Markowitz. Acorns' smart portfolio algorithms automatically work in the background of life, helping users build wealth naturally, pennies at a time. From Acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Mission:

With benevolence and courage, we look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming; beginning with the empowering step of micro-investing.